1. Name as it will appear on the ballot
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2. Office sought (include office, jurisdiction, position/district number):
3. Are you the incumbent? Yes No
4. How long have you resided in this district/city?
5. How long have you resided in King County?
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23 years |
6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Partisan Nonpartisan
CAMPAIGN CONTACTS
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People for Sally Clark |
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1. Beginning with the most recent position, please list public offices which you have held. Include positions on appointive Boards or Commissions.
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Seattle City Council, Position 9
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Chair, Economic Development & Neighborhoods Committee
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Seattle City Council, Position 9
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Chair, Economic Development & Neighborhoods Committee
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2. If you ran for public office but were not elected, please list those races below:
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In this section, we are seeking responses that reflect the four ratings criteria: involvement, effectiveness, character, and knowledge. These are defined as follows:
1. In a page or less, why are you running for this office? (Note: the interview committee will be given a copy of this statement before your interview; at the beginning of your interview you will have the opportunity to expand on this statement in any way you wish.)
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I seek to retain Position 9 on the Seattle City Council because I care deeply about Seattle’s neighborhoods, and local government is the place to have the greatest impact on neighborhood safety, sustainability and affordability. I am qualified to hold this office because I care, I listen to people and I look to build effective solutions that unite people for progress. I am committed to action on behalf of Seattle. It may be that all elective office holders feel this way, but I feel Seattle is at a crucial point in history. We are quickly becoming a city of constant change and have's and have-not's. I want to both protect what's special about our neighborhoods and shape the change that is bringing new people. I want Seattle to be a place with economic opportunity, accountable government, effective transit, and interesting neighborhoods.
Before joining the Seattle City Council in 2006, my career included both non-profit social service work and government aimed at helping people become their own best advocates and to connect with government in ways that improve their lives and their communities.
It is with this goal in mind that I seek to continue my service on the city council. I believe that I can be an effective advocate for members of our community and that I can help improve upon all of the things that are important to our quality of living—great neighborhoods, affordable housing, living wage jobs, and comprehensive human services.
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2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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It is my goal to always act with integrity and honesty, especially in my professional work. I see my straightforward and honest approach to communications and governing as an asset to the position of City Councilmember. Additionally, I bring curiosity about people and systems, an inquisitiveness cultivated in my early career as a print journalist. I will ask questions and get to the underlying issues in order to most effectively serve the City of Seattle. |
3. Please describe in sufficient detail, one to three accomplishments or contributions of which you are most proud. These examples should illustrate effective skills and capabilities you think apply to the office you are seeking. These accomplishments may have occurred at any time in your personal, professional, or public life.
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Climbing the Living Wage Ladder documentary 2006
Upon joining the Seattle city Council in Februaary 2006 I set out to maximize what could have been a single year of service. I chose to focus on expanding the City's commitment to living wage jobs in Seattle. As chair of the Council's Economic Development & Neighborhoods Committee I used the committee agenda to highlight the work of city departments and agencies in the Seattle area that provide education and support to people seeking jobs that pay a living wage. With the help of the Seattle Channel I took my quest outside City Hall. The result is a half-hour documentary on the work done by Seattle Jobs Initiative, South Seattle Community College and many others. I believe my efforts helped educate and galvanize my colleagues in favor of boosting City efforts. In the 2007 budget deliberations I successfully advocated for funding for SJI and for expanding apprenticeship opportunities in City of Seattle departments.
AIDS Watch 2005
As director of community resources at Lifelong AIDS Alliance I oversaw government affairs for the agency at the federal, state and local levels. In this role I prioritized supporting the ability of people with HIV/AIDS to advocates for themselves, to tell there own stories as a way to earn the policy and funding wins desperately needed. Through broad outreach, one-on-one meetings and weeks of training I and my two staff put together a team of more than 20 HIV-positive advocates from the Northwest to travel to Washington DC for AIDS Watch, the national lobbying weekend for HIV prevention and AIDS care services. Taking novice lobbyists to Washington DC is incredibly fun and draining. It can be emotional, but the result can mean a permanently energized new lobbyist when the advocate returns home.
Masters Rowing Championships 2005
This is not a community building or political example, but it’s my favorite recent example of focus, passion and hard work (besides the appointment process and 2006 election campaign for my council position). My partner and I trained for and competed in the 2005 championships for master’s-level rowers, specifically in the two-person sculling (double) and two-person sweep (pair) categories. We started training in late spring and dedicated ourselves to becoming faster and technical better. With the distractions of work, home, pets, friends, family, gardens and everything else dedication at the master’s level can be a challenge. We traveled to Worcester, MA, for four days of racing in 90-degree heat. We came home with silver medals and an incredible sense of accomplishment – and the desire to make the boat go even faster. I do think of training, rehearsing, resting, strengthening, and coordination when I think of the lessons that transfer to the other work I do in my life.
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4. Please list or describe your current and past activities in the community in which you have acquired skills that relate to the office you seek. Include your role in the activity and the year(s) in which you were involved. Involvement consists of many areas such as family, neighborhood, community, employment, or public life.
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I started my career as a print journalist and soon put my skills to work as the Communications Manager for Chicken Soup Brigade, a non-profit agency that provided practical support to people living with AIDS in King County. In 1997 I left Chicken Soup Brigade to join the office staff of former Seattle City Councilmember Tina Podlodowksi. In Tina's office I worked on a range of issues including neighborhood development, public safety and technology. In 1999 I joined the city's Department of Neighborhoods as Neighborhood Development Manager for Southeast Seattle. In this role I linked neighborhoods, city staff, non-profit groups, businesses and developers to help implement the neighborhood plan recommendations.
In 2002 I left the city to finish a Master's Degree in Public Administration at the University of Washington's Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs. While in the MPA program I served as executive director of the Northwest Association for Housing Affordability, an organization dedicated to developing and maintaining low-income housing in Washington's rural communities. After finishing her degree I worked as a legislative aide to King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson before joining Lifelong AIDS Alliance as director of community resources. At Lifelong AIDS Alliance I oversaw public policy and advocacy, HIV prevention education, volunteer recruitment and training, and insurance premium payment assistance.
At Seattle City Council I chair the Economic Development & Neighborhoods Committee, serve as vice chair of the Housing, Human Services and Health Committee, and am a member of the Environment, Emergency Management & Utilities Committee. I am a member of the Council's Labor Relations Policy Committee and of the Labor-Management Leadership Committee. I serve also on the King County Board of Health and the Metropolitan King County Regional Water Quality Committee.
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As a Seattle City Councilmember, it is my job to evaluate the issues before the council and evaluate them in an honest and straightforward manner. As an advocate for the citizens of Seattle it is my duty to make decisions about policy based on detailed analysis and comprehensive solutions that achieve the greatest benefit for the city and its residents. |
EDUCATION BACKGROUND SUMMARY
The Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Report is distributed to voters in print and/or on our website. It includes a summary of the candidate’s education. Please summarize your education in 120 characters (letters, punctuation, and space all combined). The League will delete material that exceeds the space limit by beginning with the last entry. Suggested order is (degree) (subject) (school) (year, if desired).
Note: If this question is left blank the League will not include education information in your candidate profile.
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BA, Spanish, University of Washington, 1990 BA, Political Science, University of Washington, 1990 MPA, University of Washington, 2004
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FOR PUBLICATION IN CANDIDATE EVALUATION REPORT
The Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Report also includes a summary of each candidate’s civic involvement. Please summarize your civic involvement in the space below. We will make every attempt to include the information in the Candidate Evaluation Report as submitted. Due to space restrictions in the Report, your response is limited to 500 characters (letters, punctuation, and spaces all combined). It is important that you list your involvement beginning with the most important and ending with the least important. If you exceed the length of response permitted, or if the League should find it necessary to shorten responses for publication purposes, deletions will be made beginning with the last item listed.
Note: This information will appear verbatim on the League’s Candidate Evaluation Report. If this question is left blank, the Municipal League will not include information on your civic involvement in the Report.
Check here if you would like the Municipal League to copy the first 500 characters from Question 4 to paste into this section.
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A former aide to Seattle City Councilmember Tina Podlodowksi, King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson and official with the City of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods, Sally most recently served as director of community resources for the Lifelong AIDS Alliance of Seattle before her appointment to the City Council this year. Previously Sally chaired the former LGBT advocacy group Fairness Lobby, was member of Friends of Hitt’s Hill, and served on the board of the Livable Cities Coalition. |
Finished!
If at all possible, send your response to the Municipal League electronically as an attachment, or insert it into an e-mail message (cec@munileague.org). Mail and fax numbers are listed below. If the League has not contacted you to schedule an interview, please call the League office at your earliest convenience.
Don’t forget to send the following to the Municipal League: a resume, a photo, campaign literature, and, if you are an incumbent, constituent newsletters and other materials. Please use the check-off list on the cover sheet of this packet to indicate which items you have sent.
Candidate Evaluation Coordinator: Jason Thibedeau
Seattle, WA 98104-1614 Fax: (425) 671-0506 Website: www.munileague.org